Tips for Twitter Sociability: social media for people with disability

Sociability: social media for people with disability

WHAT IS TWITTER?

Twitter is a popular social networking tool that allows users to send short messages of up to 140 characters known as ‘tweets’. These tweets are then published online and can be publicly viewed. Twitter users can post their own tweets, follow the tweets of other users and contribute to a wider online discussion based on a particular topic or event.

WHY TRY TWITTER?

Twitter allows you to share your thoughts, participate in discussions and engage with other people based on your interests. It also allows you to keep up-to-date with people, organisations and developments.

TWITTER FEATURES

Tweet: a message sent on Twitter that is up to 140 characters in length.

Followers: people who have subscribed to your tweets.

Hashtag (#): this allows you to tweet on a popular Twitter topic by including the ‘#’ symbol at the beginning of a word, such as ‘#weather’.

For more information about accessing social media, visit the Media Access Australia website mediaaccess.org.au or follow @mediaaccessaus on Twitter.
This resource is provided by Media Access Australia with funding received from the Australian Communications Consumer Action Network (ACCAN).